Mayor Karl Dean recommends major push against domestic violence

6:58 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Mayor Karl Dean

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Brian Haas
| The Tennessean

Nashville wants to treat domestic violence victims better than it has in recent years.

That's the takeaway from a long-awaited and wide-ranging report released Wednesday by Mayor Karl Dean. The report was more than two years in the making and included input and research from more than 100 people who looked at every aspect of how domestic violence is handled in Nashville, from the initial police call to long after the abuser has been put in jail. The group's conclusions include nine main goals and 46 specific changes they feel need to be made to improve the system for victims.